George Metz wrote:
>
> If you specify the netmask and the IP address,
> it will go to the first valid range that includes the netmask and the
> given IP, then figure the broadcast address from there.
>
> Are you seeing the broadcast address being set incorrectly even with the
> netmask correctly identified by ifconfig? That could break all SORTS of
> lovely things...
>
> --
> George Metz
Hi George,
I used a stock 3/14/01 Oxygen and booted it with
a correct network.conf that should have setup eth0 with
IP = 63.194.213.179
MASK = 255.255.255.0 <-- Correct data
BCST = 63.194.213.255
but it doesn't set it up right. As was mentioned /etc/init.d/network
ignores the IF0_NETMASK line and uses the one that you describe as the
default:
IP = 63.194.213.179
MASK = 255.0.0.0 <-- Oxygen creates these
BCST = 63.255.255.255
So I read your followup that I quoted above, and you mention
that ifconfig should get it right, "if you specify the nemask
and the IP address." I tried that and is doesn't use those
two to calculate the broadcast.
$ ifconfig eth0 63.194.213.179 netmask 255.255.255.0
The output shows the correct IP and correct MASK, but the
BROADCAST was unchanged and still reads 63.255.255.255.0
Regards,
Matt
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